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...skeptic, all evidence is anecdotal. But some anecdotes are more than encouraging; they are inspiring. Consider Sue Cohen, 54, an accountant, breast-cancer survivor and five-year yoga student at the Unity Woods studio in Bethesda, Md. "After my cancer surgery," Cohen says, "I thought I might never lift my arm again. Then here I am one day, standing on my head, leaning most of my 125-lb. body weight on that arm I thought I'd never be able to use again. Chemotherapy, surgery and some medications can rob you of mental acuity, but yoga helps compensate...
...trade policy illegally favored bananas imported from former European colonies in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific over cheaper bananas from Latin America sold by U.S. firms Chiquita and Dole. The E.U. promised to reduce those quotas from 850,000 to 750,000, and the U.S., in exchange, will lift price-doubling retaliatory tariffs on European imports ranging from French handbags to British linens and Danish ham, tariffs the Clinton administration felt justified in imposing after it won a WTO decision on the dispute...
There’s nothing like swapping baseball stories with a future Hall of Famer to lift a slumping team’s spirits...
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Either way, the congressional rush toward immediate tax relief is likely to have more political than economic impact. For America's $10 trillion economy, a $60 billion tax reduction would offer mostly a psychological lift. But both Congress and the White House are betting that even if wallets don't get a whole lot fatter, the cut will make consumers think Washington is doing something for them...